[cdi-dev] Fw: Answer from EL spec lead: no, "." is not valid in an EL name.

[Jozef Hartinger]

I think further action is needed on this. Now that it has been confirmed 
that "javax.enterprise.context.conversation" itself is not a valid EL 
name we should either:

A) Require all CDI implementations to adapt the property-based approach 
which allows this to be implemented portably (as Weld does)
B) Declare publicly that although the CDI spec declares the given name, 
it is a bug and applications should not use the name. (What about 
compatibility with existing applications?)

Jozef

On 01/08/2015 09:27 AM, Mark Struberg wrote:
> Dear CDI fellows!
>
> I've received an answer regarding our EL question from the EL Spec Lead.
>
> Ed, thanks for helping us!
>
>
> LieGrue,
> strub
>
>
>
>
>> On Tuesday, 6 January 2015, 23:14, Edward Burns <edward.burns at oracle.com> wrote:
>>> Hello Mark,
>> To close this out, no, "." is not valid in an EL name.  An EL name
>> must
>> be a java identifier.  I'm told this was discussed by Pete a long time
>> ago in the EL 3.0 EG.
>>
>> Ed
>>
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